The "Grass Airfield" in the Mission Editor

[philstyle]

Hi all,

 

What's the purpose/ use of the Grass airfield in the ME?

Besides the fact that I cannot find any non-road areas "flat" enough to land an aircraft on the map (besides a helicopter), how is this grass airfield employed in a mission?

 

I'd like to use it to make some landing fields out in.. well.. fields.. but the object in the ME doesn't appear to have any function.

 

Has anyone been able to build an airfield out in the wilds?

[SUNTSAG]

In my experience the Grass Airfields do not work presently, I know it's WIP but it has been for quite a while. There appear to be some placement issues that need to be ironed out.

 

There are mods out there that work to a degree but placement is not easy because of the map limitations mentioned above. Patience is required to find a suitable location but when you do it works quite nicely.

 

[352ndDeacon]

Suntsag, what are those taxi areas you show and where are they located in the ME? I've located a number of areas that I'd like to place grass airfields in the England portion of the Normandy map.

I was able before 2.5.2 to make a minimum airfield and made a mission where a client's plane could spawn on the airfield. But with the newest update I can't use that mission as "template" for other missions. Good thing I made a few copies of that mission before trying so that I can continue to use each one once.

So what is that taxi/runway texture and where is it located? Thanks in advance for the info.

[BlacleyCole]

It has to be added to the me by a mod. I’m not sure which one he is referring to since I’m a huey drive and we don’t need no stinking taxi/runways

[SUNTSAG]

Hi 352ndDeacon,

 

It's a BFVG Mod for the Harrier it uses AM 2 Mats in varying sizes. Can be found in the Mods section of the forums. :thumbup: